Daughter of woman who died after truck collision criticises Garda investigation

The daughter of an elderly pedestrian who died a month after being struck by a heavy goods vehicle near her home in Dublin has sharply criticised the Garda investigation into the collision.

The victim’s daughter, Sandra McGibney-Peen, said the truck driver might be innocent but she complained her family would never know for sure because the Garda investigation had not been conducted “in a reasonable time.” Garda Cleary said there was nobody at the location when he arrived at around 1.10pm so he spoke to Ms McGibney while she was on a trolley at St James’s Hospital.

In reply to questions from the coroner, Garda Cleary said every Garda resource would have been given to the incident if it had been a fatal collision.Garda Cleary apologised to the victim’s daughter for the criticisms she had of the Garda investigation but said he was dealing with “a sequence of events as they happened.”

Ms McGibney-Peen said it seemed like she had to become “a nuisance” to get answers from the gardaí about what had happened to her mother.

Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) An Garda Siochana

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